Hand printing device.



\ No. 637,220. Patented Nov. l4, I899.

F-. E. WELLINGTON.

HAND PRINTING DEVICE.

(Applicationfiled Oct. 25, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. WELLINGTON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE ADAMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

PITTSFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HAND PRINTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,220, dated November 14, 1899.

Application filed October 25, 1893. Serial. No. 694,508. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WELLINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Hand Printing Instruments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved hand printing instrument for the purpose of print 'ing window-cards, show or display cards, notices, &c., as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the instrument, a portion being shown as removed for the purpose of clearer illustration. Fig. 2 represents a cross-section on the line 2 2, shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section of the guide and spacer bar on the line 3 3, shown in Fig. 1. resents a partial front View of the circular type-lever-supporting ring. Fig. 5 represents a partial side view of the rotary disk in which the type-levers are guided during their vertical movement, and Fig. 6 represents an enarged cross-section on the line 6 6, shown in Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A A A represent the main frame or lower support for the printing mechanism, and to such frame is secured a circular ring B, as shown. To the front of the said ring B is secured a bracket B,adapted to slide on the rectilinear guide and spacer bar 0, as shown. On the frame portions A A are mounted rollers A" A" for the purpose of enabling the main frame, with the printing mechanism, to be moved in a direction parallel to the bar 0 with a minimum of frictional resistance.

During the printing operation the bar 0 is secured temporarily in position to the board or table and the sheet printed upon, preferably by means of pins D D, as is common in devices of this kind.

In practice I prefer to attach to the guidebar 0 a notched, corrugated, or serrated Fig. 4 rep-.

' spacer-bar 0, adapted to beinterlocked with a spring-pawl E, secured to the bracket B, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

To the frame A is secured a vertical spindle F, on which is loosely-journaled a sleeve G, to the lower end of which is secured a circulardisk H, on which is yieldinglysupported a ring I, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

'i 11 are suitable springs interposed between the disk H and ring I, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the upper end of the sleeve G is secured an inverted cup shaped disk K, having notches It It on its periphery for receiving the type-carrying bars or levers L L, which latter are pivotally connected at their inner ends to the sleeve G, preferably by having their inner ends notched, and pivotally connected to the upwardly-projecting rim of a cupshaped disk M, secured to the sleeve G, as shown in Fig. 2. In practice I attach to the sleeve G, above the inner ends of the typecarrying levers L, a disk N, which serves to hold the inner ends of the type-carrying levers L connected to the flanged disk M, as represented in Fig. 2. Although this manner of pivotally connecting the inner ends of the levers L to the sleeve G is shown in the drawings, I wish to state that I do not desire to confine myself to such exact construction, asv

I may to equal advantage pivot the inner ends of said levers to the said sleeve G in any other suitable and equivalent manner without departing from the essence of my invention.

1 Z Z are type-carrying blocks secured to the respective type-levers L L L, and to the under side of such blocks are secured rubber types Z Z I, as shown in Fig. 2. The blocks I Z Z are marked on their upper sides with marks or figures corresponding to the types underneath, as shown in Fig. 1.

In line with the middle portion of the bracket B is made a perforation A through the frame A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, through which the type-block that is for the time being placed opposite to said perforation may be depressed, so as to cause its previously-inked type to be pressed against the sheet or paper on which the printing is to be made. A notch or recess b is made in the ring 13 above such perforation A so as to permit the lever L of the type-block to be depressed during the printing operation, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. At opposite sides of such perforation A are secured to the frame A the inking-pads O 0, against which the desired type is pressed for the purpose of inking it previous to the printing operation. Opposite to said inking-pads are made notches b b in the ring B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, to permit the levers L to be depressed at such places for the purpose of bringing their rubber types in contact with said inking-pads. For the purpose of turning the type-carrying levers to the desired position for inking and printing I make use of a lever P, loosely pivoted on the upper end of the stationary pin or spindle F and provided at its outer end with a knob or handle 1), by means of which it may be readily manipulated, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Near its outer end the lever P is provided on its under side with a fork Q, (shown in Figs. 2 and 6,) which is adapted to be interlocked with any one of the levers L that is to be used for printing the desired letter, figure, ((30. The lever P is loosely pivoted on the pinor spindle F, so thatits outer end may be raised sufficiently to cause the forked portion Q to be disengaged from the lever L, the type of which has been used in printing a letter, figure, &c., and to enable it to be connected to any one of the other levers in the series during the progress of the printing operation.

Normally the levers L L are held raised above the upper edge of the ring 13 by the illfiuence of the springs i 2' acting against the ring I, as fully shown in Fig. 2.

In practice I prefer to make on the frame portion A a graduated scale or index R, as

shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of gaging the distance between successive lines of the printed matter.

The operation is as follows: The paper, sheet, &c., that is to be printed is placed upon a board or table, and the guide-bar C is secured in place thereon by means of the pins D D, as usual in devices of this kind. The latch orpawl E is then raised, so as toliberate it from the spacer-bar C, after which the printing apparatus may be moved to the right or left relative to the bar C to a position for printing the desired first letter or figure, &c. The operator then releases the latch E, so as to cause it to be interlocked with the spacer-bar O for the purpose of holding the printing apparatus stationary during the inking of the type and the printing operation. The operator then takes hold of the knob or handle 1) and raises the lever P sufficiently to cause it to be disengaged from the lever L, on which it was for the time being connected, and moves said leverto the type-lever that carries the figure, letter, &c., that is to be printed. The operator then depresses the said lever P and causes it to be interlocked with such type-lever, after which he swings the type-lever around the pivotpin F until the lever P and type-lever connected to it come above one of the inkingpads O 0, when the operator depresses the lever P sufficiently to cause the type on the type-lever below it to be brought in contact with the inking-pad O, and thus caused to be inked, after which the operator releases the pressure on the lever P and turns the printing device until the inked type is brought in position above the perforation A when by pressing downward on the leverPthe now inked type is brought in contact with the sheet or paper, causing the desired letter, figure, &c., to be printed thereon, and so on during the operation of the device. By the use of the latch E the printing device may be adjusted and secured to the guide-bar O in any desired position during the progress of theprinting operation. After oneline has been printed the operator removes the pins D D and places the bar C in position for printing the next line, after which the said bar is secured in the new position by meansof the pins D D, as before, when the printing operation is continued, as above described.

Having thus fully described the nature,construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim 1. A hand printing instrument, consisting of a rectilinear guide and space bar having means to secure it in a fixed position and provided with space-notches along its length, a main frame having a bracket sliding longitudinallyon the guide and space bar to shift the main frame and provided with a pawl to engage said space-notches, a vertical spindle on the main frame, a sleeve rotatable on the spindle, a series of radial type-levers pivotally connected with the rotatable sleeve at their innerends and provided with type characters at their outer ends,,spring devices for automatically raising the type-levers,.and-a hand-lever pivoted on the vertical spindle of the main frame for shifting the type-levers to and depressing them at the impressionpoint, substantially as described.

2. A hand printing instrument, consisting of a movable main frame having a fixed vertical spindle, a sleeve rotatable on the spindle and provided with a disk, a ring arranged above the disk, springs between said disk and ring for pressing the latter upward, a series of radial type-carrying levers pivoted to said rotatable sleeve and resting upon and normally held raised by said ring, and meansfor shifting and depressing the type-carrying levers, substantially as described.

A hand printing instrument, consisting of a movable main frame having a vertical spindle, a sleeve rotatable on the spindle and provided at its lower end with a disk, a ring arranged above the disk, springs located between the disk and ring for pressing the latter upward, a series of radial type-carrying levers pivotally connected with the rotatable sleeve and resting upon and normally held raised by the spring-pressed ring, a disk seeral type-carrying levers, and a hand-lever for shifting and depressing the type-carrying levers, substantially as described.

4. A hand printing instrument, consisting of a rectilinear guide and space bar having notches along its length, a main frame slidably engaged with and movable in a line parallel to said guide and space bar, a vertical spindle on the main frame, a sleeve rotatable on the spindle and provided with an attached disk, a vertically-movable ring atiove said disk, springs between the disk and ring for pressing the latter upward, a series of radial type-carrying levers pivotally connected at their inner ends with said rotatable sleeve and resting upon and normally held raised by said spring-pressed ring, and a type-lever shifting and depressing hand-lever pivoted to the vertical spindle of the main frame, substantially as described.

5. A hand printing instrument, consisting of a main frame having a fixed vertical spindle, a sleeve rotatable on the spindle and having upper and lower disks and a cup-shaped disk between the same, a type-lever-raising ring;v concentric with the sleeve, springs arranged between the lower ,disk of the sleeve and said ring to press the latter upward, radial type-carrying levers notched at theirinner ends to engage the rim of said cup-shaped disk and resting upon and raised by said spring-pressed ring, and a hand lever for shifting and depressing the type-carrying levers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- DBSSGS- FRANK E. WELLINGTON. 

